Toshiba TECRA M5 user manual Power-up modes, Starting the computer by password

Power and Power-Up Modes

Starting the computer by password

If you have already registered a password, there are three ways to start the computer:

■Insert an SD card token before you turn on the computer. The computer will start normally, without displaying a password prompt.

■Swipe your fingerprint on the sensor if you have already registered the fingerprint with the Fingerprint utility and enabled Fingerprint Power-on Security. If you would not like to swipe your finger or cannot authenticate the fingerprint for some reasons, push the BkSp key to skip the fingerprint authentication screen. You can try to swipe the fingerprint up to five times. If you failed fingerprint authentication more than five times, you must enter the password manually to start the computer.

■Enter the password manually.

The password is necessary only if the computer was shut down in boot mode. It is not needed in Standby Mode.

To enter a password manually, follow these steps:

1.Turn on the power as described in Chapter 3, Getting Started. The following message will appear in the LCD:

S Password=

2.Enter the Password.

3.Press Enter.

If you enter the password incorrectly three times in a row, the computer shuts off. In this case, you must turn the computer back on to retry password entry.

Power-up modes

The computer has the following power-up modes:

■Boot: Computer shuts down without saving data. Always save your work before you turn the computer off in boot mode.

■Hibernation: Data in memory is saved to the hard disk drive.

■Standby: Data is maintained in the computer’s memory.

Refer also to the sections Turning on the power and Turning off the power in Chapter 3, Getting Started.

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